In consideration as to the circumstances regarding a failure of the legal team to adequately inform Christine Blasey Ford “in a manner consistent with the best interests of the client” (American Bar Association Rule 1.3) regarding privacy, wherein several communications by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Chuck Grassley extended offers to meet discretely with Ford at any place convenient to her, including in her home State of California, Fox News contributor Gregg Jarrett notes:

The very senator who Ford trusted to keep her story confidential encouraged the professor to hire Democratic-activist lawyers who may have been motivated to push for a public hearing in defiance of their client’s wishes is extraordinarily significant.